Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:50:00
Tuesday December 21, 2004
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The maiden launch of the Delta IV Heavy was designed to verify the vehicle's performance. The Common Booster Cores shut down prematurely putting the payloads in a lower-than-planned orbit. However, good data was collected from the test launch.
Manufacturer
ULAPrice
$350.00 million
Rocket
Height: 72m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 28,370 kg
GTO: 13,810 kg
Liftoff Thrust
9,411 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.1m
Height: 19.1m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2004
51st
Orbital launch attempt